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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS)

The most worrisome complication of IVF is that of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), because of superovulation. The cause of "ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome" is that superovulated ovaries contain many follicles which are loaded with estrogen. After ovulation,......

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Overview on Cryptozoospermia - Process and meaning | Cryptospermia

Cryptospermia or cryptozoospermia is not a very common condition, which is one of the reasons this diagnosis is often missed. The word crypto means hidden, and as the word suggests, patients with cryptospermia have occasional sperm in the semen, but because their number......

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Surgical Testicular Sperm Extraction - The Painless Technique

                                             The best treatment choice for the man with azoospermia ( zero sperm count) is testicular sperm extraction ( TESE) with ICSI ( intracytoplasmic sperm injection) in which testicular sperm are injected into the eggs in......

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ATLAS OF IVF EMBRYOS : DAY 2 AND DAY 3 EMBRYOS

ATLAS OF IVF EMBRYOS - DAY 2 AND DAY 3 EMBRYOS DR. SAIPRASAD GUNDETI, SENIOR EMBRYOLOGIST, MALPANI INFERTILITY CLINIC PVT. LTD. You can see what embryos look like on Day 1 at https://www.drmalpani.com/articles/atlas-of-ivf-embryos-day0-and-01 DAY 2 EMBRYOS DAY 2 E......

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Shipping Frozen Sperm Samples

If you need to travel to India for IVF treatment, there is no need to bring your husband with you - you can just bring his frozen sperm sample with you in a special dry shipper. If you don't want to do this yourself, you can contact courier companies who can do this fo......

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Benefits of IVF Treatment

Go for where the gold is - infertility, IVF and Sutton's law Sutton's law is named for the bank robber Willy Sutton . When asked why he robbed banks rather than offices, given the fact that banks were much better guarded and harder to rob, he replied Because that is......

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Poor Ovarian function and interpretation of FSH Levels

One of the most frustrating problems in IVF today is that of poor ovarian response. This is also known as poor ovarian function, poor ovarian reserve, occult ovarian failure, or the oopause. It's well known that pregnancy rates in IVF are directly dependent upon the qua......

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Regulating, Reporting & Validating ART

There are government guidelines and laws which regulate the clinical practice of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) to ensure that these technologies are used safely and responsibly. Regulating, Reporting & Validating ART are guidelines , rules and laws of any us......

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Follicles Are Not Eggs

                     I just finished a consultation with a young woman who had a very low AMH level. I explained to her that this meant she had poor ovarian reserve, and might need to consider using donor eggs. She was understandably very upset. " How can that be tr......

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Low sperm count (Oligospermia)

                                         A low sperm count ( the scientific term for which is oligospermia) is the commonest cause of infertility in the man. Many infertile men are obsessed about their sperm count - and this seems to become the central concern in thei......

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